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The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.\nThe award decision maker is the Joint Commissioning Executive Group in line with the ICB's Scheme of Reservation and Delegation.\nThe intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.", "initiationType": "tender", "tender": { "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2b", "legalBasis": { "id": "32014L0024", "scheme": "CELEX" }, "title": "Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES)", "status": "planned", "classification": { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85100000", "description": "Health services" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "description": "This is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES) via the Most Suitable Provider Process", "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": "The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 10 - The Most Suitable Provider Process is being used to commission this service. This notice will be live for fourteen (14) days from the date of publication.\nThis is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES) via the Most Suitable Provider process.\n1. Purpose\nThis document sets out the mandatory requirements, assessment criteria and evidence expectations proposed for application under the Provider Selection Regime Most Suitable Provider process for the Children's Community Nursing service supporting children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nThe criteria reflect:\nNHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB's statutory duties relating to children's health, safeguarding and SEND.\nContinuity of safe care for children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nSafe clinical governance, delegation, training and competency assurance arrangements.\nCounty-wide delivery across relevant Derby City and Derbyshire education settings.\nThe need to minimise mobilisation, clinical, safeguarding and operational risk for a vulnerable cohort.\nImportant: All mandatory requirements must be met in full before comparative assessment against the key criteria.\n2. Mandatory Requirements\n2.1 Delivery of the Specified Service Model\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to deliver services through a hub and spoke model, including:\nDeliver the commissioned three-tier hub-and-spoke model of support described in the service specification.\nProvide nurse-led support to meet the needs of individual children or young people in identified schools.\nProvide oversight and support across relevant education settings in Derby City and Derbyshire to enable non-NHS staff to undertake appropriately delegated tasks.\nFlex support in response to changing levels of need.\n2.2 Clinical Workforce Capability\nThe provider must demonstrate that it has the clinical workforce capability to deliver the service as described in the service specification, including:\nEmploying appropriately registered children's nurses and healthcare professionals who have experience of working in education settings.\nMaintain sufficient workforce capacity and skill mix to deliver the 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tracheostomy care and anaphylaxis awareness.\n2.6 Safeguarding, Risk and Incident Management\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to:\nComply with national and local safeguarding policies and statutory guidance.\nMaintain appropriate safeguarding leadership, supervision and escalation arrangements.\nContribute to relevant multi-agency safeguarding processes.\nOperate robust risk assessment, incident reporting, investigation, learning and significant event analysis processes.\n2.7 SEND and Complex Health Needs Expertise\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to be able to:\nApply relevant SEND legislation, statutory guidance and the SEND Code of Practice 0 to 25 years.\nDemonstrate experience of supporting children and young people with complex needs, disability, Continuing Care needs, long-term conditions and life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.\nSupport safe transitions between education settings and, where appropriate, into adult services.\n2.8 Geographic Coverage, Continuity and Resilience\nThe provider must be able to demonstrate ability to\nDeliver across relevant maintained and non-maintained education settings within Derby City and Derbyshire, in accordance with the service scope.\nTravel between hub and spoke across Derby City and Derbyshire education settings according to need.\nMaintain business continuity and operational resilience.\nManage boundary issues proactively with commissioners and neighbouring providers, prioritising safe care.\n2.9 Mobilisation by 1st January 2027\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to mobilise the full service safely and operationally by 1st January 2027, including,\nWorkforce readiness\nOperational delivery that includes the appropriate clinical support in place in education settings\nClinical governance arrangements\nDigital and data flows Additional information: Integration and collaboration\t20%\nQuality, safety and clinical governance\t20%\nWorkforce, training and deliverability\t20%\nImproving 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Assessment Criteria and Proposed Weightings\n3.1 Integration and Collaboration (20%)\nAbility to establish and maintain operational relationships with education settings across Derby City and Derbyshire.\nIntegration with community children's nursing teams and Continuing Care.\nEffective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.\nAbility to coordinate with local authorities, health providers, specialist teams and commissioners.\nEvidence of established delivery arrangements rather than future intent alone.\n3.2 Quality, Safety and Clinical Governance (20%)\nClinical governance and professional leadership arrangements.\nQuality assurance, audit and outcome monitoring.\nSafeguarding governance and supervision.\nDelegation, training and competency assurance frameworks.\nRisk, incident management and organisational learning.\nSafe clinical record keeping and information sharing.\n3.3 Workforce, Training and Deliverability (20%)\nWorkforce capacity, capability, skill mix and resilience.\nRecruitment, retention and vacancy mitigation.\nSpecialist children's nursing expertise and access to clinical leadership.\nTraining infrastructure and competency assessment capacity.\nAbility to deploy staff across hub and spoke settings in response to need.\n3.4 Improving Outcomes and Experience for CYP (15%)\nSupport for safe school attendance, engagement and participation.\nPromotion of independence and self-management where appropriate.\nEffective transition planning.\nEngagement with children, young people, families and education staff.\nContribution to prevention of avoidable hospital attendance, admission or readmission.\nUse of feedback and measurable outcomes to improve the service.\n3.5 Continuity, Mobilisation and Sustainability (15%)\nAbility to maintain continuity of care and existing relationships.\nMobilisation readiness and credible implementation planning.\nClinical, workforce, data and operational risk mitigation.\nBusiness continuity and resilience arrangements.\nSustainable delivery throughout the contract period.\n3.6 Value (10%)\nOverall value for money, recognising that value is not limited to lowest cost.\nEfficient deployment of the clinical workforce.\nWhole-system benefits, including reduced duplication and avoidable escalation.\nEvidence that resources will be used to maximise outcomes for children and young people.\n4. Evidence Expectations\nProviders should be asked to submit proportionate, verifiable evidence that is current and relevant to the service. Evidence should demonstrate live arrangements or arrangements deliverable within the required mobilisation period, not solely aspirational statements.\nExperience of delivering comparable children's community nursing or complex care services.\nClinical governance structure, policies and reporting lines.\nCurrent workforce establishment, skill mix, professional registrations, vacancy information and workforce plan.\nSafeguarding governance, supervision and training arrangements.\nDelegation policy, competency frameworks and examples of reassessment processes.\nEvidence of SEND and complex-needs expertise.\nPartnership arrangements with education settings, local authorities and health providers.\nInformation governance compliance, clinical record systems and data-sharing arrangements.\nMobilisation, implementation, business continuity and operational resilience plans.\nRelevant quality, safety, activity, outcome and experience information.\nHigh-level cost and value information, including assumptions and efficiencies.", "status": "planned" } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKF11" }, { "region": "UKF12" }, { "region": "UKF13" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z" } }, "parties": [ { "name": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD", "id": "GB-FTS-175806", "identifier": { "legalName": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD", "noIdentifierRationale": "notOnAnyRegister" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "The Council House, First Floor, Corporation Street", "locality": "Derby", "region": "UKF11", "postalCode": "DE12FS", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "nnicb-nn.psrsupport@nhs.net" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE", "id": "BODY_PUBLIC", "description": "Body governed by public law" }, { "scheme": "COFOG", "id": "07", "description": "Health" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-FTS-175806", "name": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" }, "language": "en" } ], "compiledRelease": { "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2b-2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "date": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2b", "description": "This is a Provider Section Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. 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This notice will be live for fourteen (14) days from the date of publication.\nThis is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES) via the Most Suitable Provider process.\n1. Purpose\nThis document sets out the mandatory requirements, assessment criteria and evidence expectations proposed for application under the Provider Selection Regime Most Suitable Provider process for the Children's Community Nursing service supporting children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nThe criteria reflect:\nNHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB's statutory duties relating to children's health, safeguarding and SEND.\nContinuity of safe care for children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nSafe clinical governance, delegation, training and competency assurance arrangements.\nCounty-wide delivery across relevant Derby City and Derbyshire education settings.\nThe need to minimise mobilisation, clinical, safeguarding and operational risk for a vulnerable cohort.\nImportant: All mandatory requirements must be met in full before comparative assessment against the key criteria.\n2. Mandatory Requirements\n2.1 Delivery of the Specified Service Model\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to deliver services through a hub and spoke model, including:\nDeliver the commissioned three-tier hub-and-spoke model of support described in the service specification.\nProvide nurse-led support to meet the needs of individual children or young people in identified schools.\nProvide oversight and support across relevant education settings in Derby City and Derbyshire to enable non-NHS staff to undertake appropriately delegated tasks.\nFlex support in response to changing levels of need.\n2.2 Clinical Workforce Capability\nThe provider must demonstrate that it has the clinical workforce capability to deliver the service as described in the service specification, including:\nEmploying appropriately registered children's nurses and healthcare professionals who have experience of working in education settings.\nMaintain sufficient workforce capacity and skill mix to deliver the service safely.\nRecruit, train, supervise and retain specialist staff.\nProvide appropriate clinical leadership and professional accountability.\nEvidence an operationally credible workforce model, including mitigation of vacancies and absence.\n2.3 Integration with Education Settings and System Partners\nThe provider must have experience of working in education settings and be able to:\nDemonstrate operational arrangements with SEND schools, mainstream schools and relevant post-16 settings.\nDemonstrate the ability to work effectively with Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, community children's nursing teams, Continuing Care services, primary care, secondary care and other specialist services.\nParticipate in multidisciplinary and multi-agency planning for individual children and young people.\n2.4 Individual Healthcare Plans and Clinical Oversight\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to:\nAssess whether identified healthcare support is within scope of the service model.\nWork with education settings in Derby and Derbyshire to support the creation and review of Individual Healthcare Plans in collaboration with NHS-assured clinicians and families.\nMaintain oversight of delegated healthcare interventions delivered in education settings across Derby and Derbyshire.\nTrigger timely review when a child or young person's needs change.\n2.5 Delegation, Training and Competency Assurance\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to work to local and national delegation, training and competency frameworks, including:\nApplication of the local Delegation of Duties SOP, the NMC Code and relevant national guidance.\nDeliver or support competency-based training, supervision and reassessment for education staff and clinical support workers.\nMaintain auditable competency frameworks, including child-specific training where required.\nProvide training and competency assurance for enteral feeding, epilepsy, respiratory care, safe and accurate medication, tracheostomy care and anaphylaxis awareness.\n2.6 Safeguarding, Risk and Incident Management\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to:\nComply with national and local safeguarding policies and statutory guidance.\nMaintain appropriate safeguarding leadership, supervision and escalation arrangements.\nContribute to relevant multi-agency safeguarding processes.\nOperate robust risk assessment, incident reporting, investigation, learning and significant event analysis processes.\n2.7 SEND and Complex Health Needs Expertise\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to be able to:\nApply relevant SEND legislation, statutory guidance and the SEND Code of Practice 0 to 25 years.\nDemonstrate experience of supporting children and young people with complex needs, disability, Continuing Care needs, long-term conditions and life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.\nSupport safe transitions between education settings and, where appropriate, into adult services.\n2.8 Geographic Coverage, Continuity and Resilience\nThe provider must be able to demonstrate ability to\nDeliver across relevant maintained and non-maintained education settings within Derby City and Derbyshire, in accordance with the service scope.\nTravel between hub and spoke across Derby City and Derbyshire education settings according to need.\nMaintain business continuity and operational resilience.\nManage boundary issues proactively with commissioners and neighbouring providers, prioritising safe care.\n2.9 Mobilisation by 1st January 2027\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to mobilise the full service safely and operationally by 1st January 2027, including,\nWorkforce readiness\nOperational delivery that includes the appropriate clinical support in place in education settings\nClinical governance arrangements\nDigital and data flows Additional information: Integration and collaboration\t20%\nQuality, safety and clinical governance\t20%\nWorkforce, training and deliverability\t20%\nImproving 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Assessment Criteria and Proposed Weightings\n3.1 Integration and Collaboration (20%)\nAbility to establish and maintain operational relationships with education settings across Derby City and Derbyshire.\nIntegration with community children's nursing teams and Continuing Care.\nEffective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.\nAbility to coordinate with local authorities, health providers, specialist teams and commissioners.\nEvidence of established delivery arrangements rather than future intent alone.\n3.2 Quality, Safety and Clinical Governance (20%)\nClinical governance and professional leadership arrangements.\nQuality assurance, audit and outcome monitoring.\nSafeguarding governance and supervision.\nDelegation, training and competency assurance frameworks.\nRisk, incident management and organisational learning.\nSafe clinical record keeping and information sharing.\n3.3 Workforce, Training and Deliverability (20%)\nWorkforce capacity, capability, skill mix and resilience.\nRecruitment, retention and vacancy mitigation.\nSpecialist children's nursing expertise and access to clinical leadership.\nTraining infrastructure and competency assessment capacity.\nAbility to deploy staff across hub and spoke settings in response to need.\n3.4 Improving Outcomes and Experience for CYP (15%)\nSupport for safe school attendance, engagement and participation.\nPromotion of independence and self-management where appropriate.\nEffective transition planning.\nEngagement with children, young people, families and education staff.\nContribution to prevention of avoidable hospital attendance, admission or readmission.\nUse of feedback and measurable outcomes to improve the service.\n3.5 Continuity, Mobilisation and Sustainability (15%)\nAbility to maintain continuity of care and existing relationships.\nMobilisation readiness and credible implementation planning.\nClinical, workforce, data and operational risk mitigation.\nBusiness continuity and resilience arrangements.\nSustainable delivery throughout the contract period.\n3.6 Value (10%)\nOverall value for money, recognising that value is not limited to lowest cost.\nEfficient deployment of the clinical workforce.\nWhole-system benefits, including reduced duplication and avoidable escalation.\nEvidence that resources will be used to maximise outcomes for children and young people.\n4. Evidence Expectations\nProviders should be asked to submit proportionate, verifiable evidence that is current and relevant to the service. Evidence should demonstrate live arrangements or arrangements deliverable within the required mobilisation period, not solely aspirational statements.\nExperience of delivering comparable children's community nursing or complex care services.\nClinical governance structure, policies and reporting lines.\nCurrent workforce establishment, skill mix, professional registrations, vacancy information and workforce plan.\nSafeguarding governance, supervision and training arrangements.\nDelegation policy, competency frameworks and examples of reassessment processes.\nEvidence of SEND and complex-needs expertise.\nPartnership arrangements with education settings, local authorities and health providers.\nInformation governance compliance, clinical record systems and data-sharing arrangements.\nMobilisation, implementation, business continuity and operational resilience plans.\nRelevant quality, safety, activity, outcome and experience information.\nHigh-level cost and value information, including assumptions and efficiencies.", "status": "planned" } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKF11" }, { "region": "UKF12" }, { "region": "UKF13" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z" } }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-FTS-175806", "name": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD", "identifier": { "legalName": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD", "noIdentifierRationale": "notOnAnyRegister" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "The Council House, First Floor, Corporation Street", "locality": "Derby", "region": "UKF11", "postalCode": "DE12FS", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "nnicb-nn.psrsupport@nhs.net" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE", "id": "BODY_PUBLIC", "description": "Body governed by public law" }, { "scheme": "COFOG", "id": "07", "description": "Health" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-FTS-175806", "name": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" }, "language": "en" }, "versionedRelease": { "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2b", "description": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "This is a Provider Section Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.\nThe award decision maker is the Joint Commissioning Executive Group in line with the ICB's Scheme of Reservation and Delegation.\nThe intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process." } ], "initiationType": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "tender" } ], "tender": { "id": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2b" } ], "legalBasis": { "id": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "32014L0024" } ], "scheme": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "CELEX" } ] }, "title": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES)" } ], "status": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "planned" } ], "classification": { "scheme": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "CPV" } ], "id": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "85100000" } ], "description": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "Health services" } ] }, "mainProcurementCategory": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "services" } ], "description": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "This is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES) via the Most Suitable Provider Process" } ], "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 10 - The Most Suitable Provider Process is being used to commission this service. This notice will be live for fourteen (14) days from the date of publication.\nThis is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Children's Community Nursing in Education Settings (CNIES) via the Most Suitable Provider process.\n1. Purpose\nThis document sets out the mandatory requirements, assessment criteria and evidence expectations proposed for application under the Provider Selection Regime Most Suitable Provider process for the Children's Community Nursing service supporting children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nThe criteria reflect:\nNHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB's statutory duties relating to children's health, safeguarding and SEND.\nContinuity of safe care for children and young people with complex health needs in education settings.\nSafe clinical governance, delegation, training and competency assurance arrangements.\nCounty-wide delivery across relevant Derby City and Derbyshire education settings.\nThe need to minimise mobilisation, clinical, safeguarding and operational risk for a vulnerable cohort.\nImportant: All mandatory requirements must be met in full before comparative assessment against the key criteria.\n2. Mandatory Requirements\n2.1 Delivery of the Specified Service Model\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to deliver services through a hub and spoke model, including:\nDeliver the commissioned three-tier hub-and-spoke model of support described in the service specification.\nProvide nurse-led support to meet the needs of individual children or young people in identified schools.\nProvide oversight and support across relevant education settings in Derby City and Derbyshire to enable non-NHS staff to undertake appropriately delegated tasks.\nFlex support in response to changing levels of need.\n2.2 Clinical Workforce Capability\nThe provider must demonstrate that it has the clinical workforce capability to deliver the service as described in the service specification, including:\nEmploying appropriately registered children's nurses and healthcare professionals who have experience of working in education settings.\nMaintain sufficient workforce capacity and skill mix to deliver the service safely.\nRecruit, train, supervise and retain specialist staff.\nProvide appropriate clinical leadership and professional accountability.\nEvidence an operationally credible workforce model, including mitigation of vacancies and absence.\n2.3 Integration with Education Settings and System Partners\nThe provider must have experience of working in education settings and be able to:\nDemonstrate operational arrangements with SEND schools, mainstream schools and relevant post-16 settings.\nDemonstrate the ability to work effectively with Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, community children's nursing teams, Continuing Care services, primary care, secondary care and other specialist services.\nParticipate in multidisciplinary and multi-agency planning for individual children and young people.\n2.4 Individual Healthcare Plans and Clinical Oversight\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to:\nAssess whether identified healthcare support is within scope of the service model.\nWork with education settings in Derby and Derbyshire to support the creation and review of Individual Healthcare Plans in collaboration with NHS-assured clinicians and families.\nMaintain oversight of delegated healthcare interventions delivered in education settings across Derby and Derbyshire.\nTrigger timely review when a child or young person's needs change.\n2.5 Delegation, Training and Competency Assurance\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to work to local and national delegation, training and competency frameworks, including:\nApplication of the local Delegation of Duties SOP, the NMC Code and relevant national guidance.\nDeliver or support competency-based training, supervision and reassessment for education staff and clinical support workers.\nMaintain auditable competency frameworks, including child-specific training where required.\nProvide training and competency assurance for enteral feeding, epilepsy, respiratory care, safe and accurate medication, tracheostomy care and anaphylaxis awareness.\n2.6 Safeguarding, Risk and Incident Management\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to:\nComply with national and local safeguarding policies and statutory guidance.\nMaintain appropriate safeguarding leadership, supervision and escalation arrangements.\nContribute to relevant multi-agency safeguarding processes.\nOperate robust risk assessment, incident reporting, investigation, learning and significant event analysis processes.\n2.7 SEND and Complex Health Needs Expertise\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to be able to:\nApply relevant SEND legislation, statutory guidance and the SEND Code of Practice 0 to 25 years.\nDemonstrate experience of supporting children and young people with complex needs, disability, Continuing Care needs, long-term conditions and life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.\nSupport safe transitions between education settings and, where appropriate, into adult services.\n2.8 Geographic Coverage, Continuity and Resilience\nThe provider must be able to demonstrate ability to\nDeliver across relevant maintained and non-maintained education settings within Derby City and Derbyshire, in accordance with the service scope.\nTravel between hub and spoke across Derby City and Derbyshire education settings according to need.\nMaintain business continuity and operational resilience.\nManage boundary issues proactively with commissioners and neighbouring providers, prioritising safe care.\n2.9 Mobilisation by 1st January 2027\nThe provider must demonstrate the ability to mobilise the full service safely and operationally by 1st January 2027, including,\nWorkforce readiness\nOperational delivery that includes the appropriate clinical support in place in education settings\nClinical governance arrangements\nDigital and data flows Additional information: Integration and collaboration\t20%\nQuality, safety and clinical governance\t20%\nWorkforce, training and deliverability\t20%\nImproving 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Assessment Criteria and Proposed Weightings\n3.1 Integration and Collaboration (20%)\nAbility to establish and maintain operational relationships with education settings across Derby City and Derbyshire.\nIntegration with community children's nursing teams and Continuing Care.\nEffective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.\nAbility to coordinate with local authorities, health providers, specialist teams and commissioners.\nEvidence of established delivery arrangements rather than future intent alone.\n3.2 Quality, Safety and Clinical Governance (20%)\nClinical governance and professional leadership arrangements.\nQuality assurance, audit and outcome monitoring.\nSafeguarding governance and supervision.\nDelegation, training and competency assurance frameworks.\nRisk, incident management and organisational learning.\nSafe clinical record keeping and information sharing.\n3.3 Workforce, Training and Deliverability (20%)\nWorkforce capacity, capability, skill mix and resilience.\nRecruitment, retention and vacancy mitigation.\nSpecialist children's nursing expertise and access to clinical leadership.\nTraining infrastructure and competency assessment capacity.\nAbility to deploy staff across hub and spoke settings in response to need.\n3.4 Improving Outcomes and Experience for CYP (15%)\nSupport for safe school attendance, engagement and participation.\nPromotion of independence and self-management where appropriate.\nEffective transition planning.\nEngagement with children, young people, families and education staff.\nContribution to prevention of avoidable hospital attendance, admission or readmission.\nUse of feedback and measurable outcomes to improve the service.\n3.5 Continuity, Mobilisation and Sustainability (15%)\nAbility to maintain continuity of care and existing relationships.\nMobilisation readiness and credible implementation planning.\nClinical, workforce, data and operational risk mitigation.\nBusiness continuity and resilience arrangements.\nSustainable delivery throughout the contract period.\n3.6 Value (10%)\nOverall value for money, recognising that value is not limited to lowest cost.\nEfficient deployment of the clinical workforce.\nWhole-system benefits, including reduced duplication and avoidable escalation.\nEvidence that resources will be used to maximise outcomes for children and young people.\n4. Evidence Expectations\nProviders should be asked to submit proportionate, verifiable evidence that is current and relevant to the service. Evidence should demonstrate live arrangements or arrangements deliverable within the required mobilisation period, not solely aspirational statements.\nExperience of delivering comparable children's community nursing or complex care services.\nClinical governance structure, policies and reporting lines.\nCurrent workforce establishment, skill mix, professional registrations, vacancy information and workforce plan.\nSafeguarding governance, supervision and training arrangements.\nDelegation policy, competency frameworks and examples of reassessment processes.\nEvidence of SEND and complex-needs expertise.\nPartnership arrangements with education settings, local authorities and health providers.\nInformation governance compliance, clinical record systems and data-sharing arrangements.\nMobilisation, implementation, business continuity and operational resilience plans.\nRelevant quality, safety, activity, outcome and experience information.\nHigh-level cost and value information, including assumptions and efficiencies." } ], "status": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "planned" } ] } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "UKF11" } ] }, { "region": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "UKF12" } ] }, { "region": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "UKF13" } ] } ], "relatedLot": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "1" } ] } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ] } }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-FTS-175806", "name": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" } ], "identifier": { "legalName": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" } ], "noIdentifierRationale": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "notOnAnyRegister" } ] }, "address": { "streetAddress": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "The Council House, First Floor, Corporation Street" } ], "locality": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "Derby" } ], "region": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "UKF11" } ], "postalCode": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "DE12FS" } ], "countryName": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "United Kingdom" } ] }, "contactPoint": { "email": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "nnicb-nn.psrsupport@nhs.net" } ] }, "roles": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": [ "buyer" ] } ], "details": { "url": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/" } ], "classifications": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": [ { "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE", "id": "BODY_PUBLIC", "description": "Body governed by public law" }, { "scheme": "COFOG", "id": "07", "description": "Health" } ] } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "GB-FTS-175806" } ], "name": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "NHS DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" } ] }, "language": [ { "releaseID": "087774-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-09-16T13:51:13+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planning" ], "value": "en" } ] } } ] }